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iOS 26.1 Beta 4 Lets Users Control Liquid Glass Transparency with New Toggle

Tinted looks much more professional so that's cool.

I never really had that much issue with liquid glass (I don't think it looks good but it isn't making me mad)

It is the OTHER UI changes that I'm hoping Apple also revisits. All the floating buttons and sidebars is really bad UX. There are situations on my iPad where I'm not sure if the buttons belong to the content or the sidebar (it seems to vary by app).
 
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Lounge vibes 05 said:
What I haven’t seemed to be able to get an answer on, is this actually a *new* toggle?
From all descriptions, what it seems to more accurately be is simply the “reduced transparency” option moved out of accessibility and into the display and brightness settings panel and given a new fancy name.
So can someone confirm, is there anything actually new here?
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RALentz said:
Not yet upgraded.

I do hope this is exactly what "Reduce Transparency" under Accessibility -> Display & Text Size already does.

If not, why didn't that setting mean this?

In general this is what happens when one favors secrecy over usability studies...

Or releases Betas that are really more like early release candidates and not intended for actual feedback and changes.

-R
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It's not the same as Reduce Transparency. It's more of a frosted look instead of being clear or completely opaque.
 
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yabeweb said:
Oh that's not for what you think they are doing it, they mimic apple because it is the "cool thing" not because it is the best.
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Pixel has a pretty low market share so yeah if that’s the design you prefer then go with that. Personally I enjoy the liquid design but I can still understand why it doesn’t work for everyone and apple will need to figure that out
 
greg624 said:
Pixel has a pretty low market share so yeah if that’s the design you prefer then go with that. Personally I enjoy the liquid design but I can still understand why it doesn’t work for everyone and apple will need to figure that out
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Again, people need to lose the attitude they have, It's not about like (I bought a Pixel this time BTW), any designer with some mind will tell you that while it might look good, liquid glass is a design mess.

It's not the works for everyone ....it's an actual mess of a UI. People can like Apple and the ui and still admit it is a mess as readability is poor, consistency even worse..
 
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yabeweb said:
Again, people need to lose the attitude they have, It's not about like (I bought aPixel this time BTW), any designer with some mind will tell you that while it might look good, looking glass is a design mess.

It's not the works for everyone ....it's an actual mess of a UI.
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I don’t have an attitude. I’m saying my personal opinion. Others like myself actually enjoy the UI so I can’t agree with you that it’s a mess, but I can still say that it’s not perfect as obviously somebody like you or these other designers you speak of do not agree and call it a mess. To each their own, but again I’m agreeing that apple needs to fix the design to work for everyone 👍🏼

We can agree to disagree and move on
 
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There’s no satisfying some people until iOS 26 comes with “it looks like the old one” toggle. 🤦‍♂️
 
Let’s see how laggy the final release is. If it runs smooth with liquid glass I will keep it turned on, otherwise I have no problem turning it off.
 
jayducharme said:
I was hoping it would indeed be a slider, so we could customize the look exactly how we want. With the processing power we now have, I don't think that would be a huge ask.
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It would be a bit much for app developers. They're now being given light/dark and clear/tinted settings providing four basic 'looks' their users could expect from them that they have to accommodate and test.

A slider could theoretically create dozens of different interactions between the two that they'd be responsible for.

If they're making a reading app or book app, ok not a problem. But if you're making some kind of photo or camera or game or graphical app, it could really mess with them.

Fun for users, awful for developers.
 
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This is good for accessibility, and it’s a step towards acknowledging the failure of this redesign. The sooner they can get past their egos and fully admit this, the better off everyone will be.

Glass effects are just way too stylized and loud for an operating system’s interface, which should ideally be quiet and neutral. Especially on Mac.
 
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Users who were expecting upgraded Siri seems to have been distracted by the Liquid Glass of iOS 26.x and Apple seems happy about it.

"We'll give you Liquid Glass and you'll never think about smarter Siri (or Apple intelligence) ever again."
 
Liquid Glass has really felt like change for the sake of change for me, like they ran out of ideas of where to take the design and said "let's update Windows 7's glass for 2025!"

It just hasn't worked for me. The HDR highlights on button taps are bright as hell, the interface feels incredibly cluttered (mostly due to interface elements that IMO are larger than they need to be)...

Just not a fan, unfortunately. I hope they can dial it in, similar to how by iOS 9/10, they'd really dialed in the iOS 7 look.
 
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